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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 15: (search)
d volumes, and I enclose you a list of them, which I have roughly copied from the bills. . . . . I have, however, bought none but by the advice and in the presence of Mr. Ruelens in Brussels, of whom I wrote you amply, and in the presence of Dr. Karl Brandes, Custos of the library here, who, like Mr. Ruelens, buys books for his library all over Europe . . . . . I am now in Berlin for the second time, on the affairs of the Library, and the purchases I have made here are, I think, quite as good asdone as if I were to be personally benefited by it. I feel, too, under similar obligations to you and to Mr. Jewett, and to all who work for the Library in earnest and disinterestedly. During these visits in Berlin Mr. Ticknor worked with Dr. Karl Brandes indefatigably, staying sometimes so late in the evening in the booksellers' shops that they were obliged to obtain special permission from the police to remain and to go home without molestation. Prague and Vienna proved unproductive, thoug
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 16: (search)
onn. Parts of this letter were given in the preceding chapter. . . . . Welcker is here still fresh and active, and remembering you with great kindness. I find Brandes too, but nobody else surviving of the old time; Niebuhr, Schlegel, and the rest are all gone. Old, Master Shallow, old, I feel it. I felt it, too, in London, the last five days, including Leipzig, as I ever did in any five days of my life. Wednesday I passed all day at the Library, and in the booksellers' shops with Dr. Brandes, and wrote all the evening, except that I called twenty minutes at Varnhagen's. But the booksellers are very clumsy and slow; and kind Dr. Brandes scolds them iDr. Brandes scolds them in vain, and gets more out of patience with them than I do. Yesterday I first arranged with Professor Dehn, of the Library,— where there are 95,000 works in music and on music,—to buy £ 100 worth to begin our Library with. Then I came home, and had a visit from Varnhagen and his niece, desperately agreeable, and I promised to ta
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
of books to, 318 note, 319; President of Trustees, 320; interest in, 333, 388, 351, 381, 82, 400, 409, 446, 487 and note. Boswell, James, I. 53, 55 Boswell, junior, I. 58. Botta, C. G. ., 1. 164. Bottiger, K. A., I. 456, 457. Boucheron, II. 42. Bouverie, Hon. E., I. 148, 363. Bowditch, Dr., Nathaniel, I. 816, 871, 891, 405, II. 190, 464. Bowring, Dr. (Sir John), II. 66. Bradford, Charles Frederick, letter to, Il 467 and note. Brandes, C. A., I. 178, II. 325. Brandes, Dr., Karl, II. 813, 314, 331. Brassier, M., I. 501. Breme, Marquis de, I. 161, 164. Breton, General, II. 376. Bridgeman, Laura, II. 194, 195. Bright, H. A., II. 400. Brignole, Marquis, II. 114. Brisbane, Sir, Thomas, I. 419, 422. British Association for the Advancement of Science, fifth meeting of, I. 419-424. Brodie, Professor, II. 358. Broglia di Monbello, Count, II. 91. Broglie, Albert Duc de, II. 369. Broglie, Duchesse de, I. 128, 131, 132, 133, 137, 138, 151, 1